Food

Bake of the Week: Vegan Cranachan (serves four)

This recipe is from The Scottish Vegan Cookbook by Jackie Jones, Birlinn, £16.99.

Quick bites: How to make these delicious spiced peanut noodles

This recipe is from The 7-Day Basket by Ian Haste, Headline, £25.

Scone Spy: Raisin and orange Dee-light in Banchory gem of Raemoir Garden Centre

Scone Spy was on Aberdeenshire’s leafy Royal Deeside for this latest green-fingered outing.

Restaurant of the Week: Da Claudio, 388 Brandon St, Motherwell

Four generations are involved in Da Claudio, which was named after the original Tuscan owner, who opened the restaurant in 1991.

Bake of the Week: Chocolate biscuit cake (serves 8 to 10)

This delicious recipe is from Simply No Weigh by Di Weiss, published by Austin Macauley, £16.99.

Quick Bites: How to make this delicious gigantes plaki recipe

This recipe is from Dining at Dusk, Stevan Pal, Murdoch Books, £20.

Scone Spy: Edinburgh’s Bridgend Farmhouse Cafe is a leader in its field

There's a saying that nothing brings people together more than good food. And on my latest little jaunt, I begin to realise there could be some truth in that statement.

Bake of the Week: Spiced chocolate orange pot with whisky

Thanks to Jak O’Donnell and Old Pulteney whisky for this delicious recipe.

Scotland’s top 10 restaurants with rooms, as chosen by the Good Hotel Guide

With an impressive natural larder from which to draw inspiration, Scotland’s hotels and restaurants with rooms have a catalogue of awards amongst them, not to mention the high praise and repeat custom of many a guest.

Six By Nico’s latest menu inspired by our guilty pleasures

We all have guilty pleasures when it comes to food.

Restaurant of the Week: Sultan’s, 641 Great Western Rd, Glasgow